The number of devotees have started to decline amid severe cold conditions at Har ki Pauri, a revered place in the holy city of Haridwar. A 48-hour Orange Alert has been issued by the Meteorological Department including in Udham Singh Nagar and Haridwar. People living in the plains said they […]
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Delimitation may cause Assam Congress MLA to lose his seat
Jakir Hussain Sikdar, MLA of Sarukhetri Assembly Constituency of Barpeta district, Assam and the state Congress Committee (APCC) working President, may lose his own constituency due to delimitation if the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies of Assam are carried out as per the 2007 draft. “As per the 2007 […]
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Bihar: Search on for ‘Chinese spy’ in Bodh Gaya amid Dalai Lama’s visit
A security alert has been sounded on Thursday morning in Bodh Gaya district where the Dalai Lama is scheduled to participate in public discourses after intelligence agencies alerted local police about the presence and suspected activities of a Chinese woman. Gaya Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Harpreet Kaur said “Local police has received inputs about a Chinese woman who has […]
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Tunisha Sharma’s mother alleges accused Sheezan Khan “consumed drugs”
The mother of deceased TV actor Tunisha Sharma has alleged that Sheezan Khan, the main accused in her daughter’s death case, used to ‘consume drugs’. Tunisha’s mother- Vanita Sharma said that Sheezan “used to consume drugs,” however, she could not confirm how long he was into drugs. Tunisha’s mother had […]
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Cough syrup deaths: Congress links Gambia incident with Uzbekistan, BJP hits back
The death of 18 children in Uzbekistan allegedly after having cough syrup manufactured by an Indian pharmaceutical firm, has turned into a political row on Thursday after the Congress said that the Modi government should stop boasting about India being a pharmacy to the world. The BJP hit out at […]
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Elon Musk announces ‘server architecture changes’ on Twitter, says platform should ‘feel faster’
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has planned yet another set of upgrades to the platform. Taking to the microblogging site, the Tesla CEO wrote, “Significant backend server architecture changes rolled out”. Significant backend server architecture changes rolled out. Twitter should feel faster. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 29, 2022 “Twitter should […]
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Bihar Govt’s approval to buy new aircraft isn’t appropriate: Sushil Modi
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushil Modi on Thursday said the Bihar government’s approval to buy a jet engine aircraft and an advanced helicopter is not appropriate. “The State government’s approval to buy helicopter and jet plane isn’t appropriate. Now, state governments don’t buy them instead they are taken on […]
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PM Modi announces Rs 2 lakhs ex-gratia for kin of deceased in Nellore stampede
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condoled the death of seven Telugu Desam Party workers in the stampede at TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu’s public meeting. PM Modi announced that ex-gratia of Rs. 2 Lakhs would be given to the kin of the deceased and Rs. 50 thousand to each injured from the […]
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Rajasthan’s first female bodybuilder, mother of 2, wins Gold at international competition
Rajasthan’s first female bodybuilder Priya Singh Meghwal, who is also a mother of two has brought laurels to the country by winning a gold medal in the 39th International Women’s Bodybuilding Competition held in Thailand. While expressing her joy after winning the Golden Priya told,” I am very happy. I […]
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State Antony Blinken calls on Taliban to reverse ban on women working in NGOs
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on the Taliban to reverse their decision of banning women employees of NGOs from the workplace. Taking to his official Twitter handle, Blinken stressed that millions of Afghans depend on humanitarian assistance for their survival. “I join allies and partners in […]
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Tamil Nadu: Train operations suspended on Pamban bridge till Dec 31
The Madurai Division of Southern Railway has announced that train operations have been suspended on Pamban Bridge till 31st December. The Railway authority has announced that the railway engineers will carry out the tests after completion of the work, only then the trains will be allowed to cross the bridge. The repair work started on […]
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Punjab: Devotees offer prayers at Golden temple in Amritsar on Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
Thousands of devotees offered prayers at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on the occasion of Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti. His 356th birth anniversary is being celebrated on Thursday, December 29. Guru Govind Singh, the 10th and the last Guru of the Sikhs is an inspiration to millions of people all […]
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Uttarakhand makes masks compulsory at private, government schools amid Covid concerns
Amid COVID-19 fear, the Uttarakhand government made masks mandatory in private as well as government schools. Uttarakhand Director General of Education Bansidhar Tiwari said, “Students, teachers and other employees of private and government schools will have to come wearing masks and use sanitiser-thermal screening.” Tiwari said that instructions have been given to the principals of all private and government schools that every employee, […]
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Gujarat: Fire breaks out in plywood factory in Kheda, doused off
A fire erupted in a plywood factory in the Kheda region of Gujarat, on Thursday. Fire tenders rushed to the spot and managed to douse the fire, said the fire officials involved. According to the Chief Fire Superintendent of the Nadiad fire brigade, Dixit Patel, the fire broke out in the factory of Swastik Plywood located at the Varsola Sihuj Road […]
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NTA to conduct CUET-PG from June 1-10: UGC Chairman
The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct CUET-PG from June 1-10 2023, University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar, said on Wednesday. The application process will start in mid-March 2023, added the UGC Chairman. This will be the second edition of CUET-PG. This year, more than 30 central universities […]